Not Able to Connect to Password-protected MongoDB Server/DB - node.js

Question

After successfully testing my Node app against a local mongoDB db, I am now trying to connect to our server db - which, unlike my local mongoDB, is user and password protected.
I am running into issues while trying the connection to the server. Specifically, I am getting this error:
MongoError: MongoClient must be connected before calling
MongoClient.prototype.db
The creds I'm trying look something like this:
{
"MONGO_URL": "mongodb://myuser:mypassword#someurl.com:27017?authSource=admin",
"MONGO_DATABASE": "bta",
"MONGO_COLLECTION": "jobs"
}
And here is my connection code:
const config = require('./configuration');
const url = config.get('MONGO_URL');
const dbName = config.get('MONGO_DATABASE');
const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
const client = new MongoClient(url);
async function getJobDetails() {
client.connect(async function () {
try {
const db = await client.db(dbName);
// do stuff
});
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
});
}
What am I missing here?

Answer 1

I figured out what the issue was and was able to get it to connect. The issue was that the site is secure, so I had to add ssl=true to the url connection string:
const url = 'mongodb://user:password#someurl.com:27017/bta?ssl=true&authSource=admin';

Answer 2

try:
const mongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
mongoClient.connect(url, { useNewUrlParser: true }, function(client_err, client) {
if (client != null) {
var client_db = client.db(dbName);
}
client.close();
});

Answer 3

As MongoDB.
https://mongodb.github.io/node-mongodb-native/3.2/tutorials/connect/
And please Try double checking DB on the server if it has the right config.
const MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
const assert = require('assert');
// Connection URL with password example
const url = 'mongodb://user:password#address:27017?readPreference=primary&authSource=admin';
// Database Name
const dbName = 'myproject';
// Create a new MongoClient
const client = new MongoClient(url);
// Use connect method to connect to the Server
client.connect(function(err) {
assert.equal(null, err);
console.log("Connected successfully to server");
const db = client.db(dbName);
client.close();
});
This works for both valid localhost/server url